Transcripts For KNTV Today 20240704

Lets start with meteorologist kari hall, tracking the Current Conditions in the sierra. A lot of snow. Its already coming down. Even though were not seeing a lot of really heavy rain in the bay area, as you go up in elevation that snow is dumping down. So were also seeing some thunderstorms developing just to our north, and we will have that chance as we go throughout today, with the waves of rain coming in and making that morning commute very soggy. Here is a look at our stormranger, our mobile doppler radar, where we are seeing the off and on showers moving through the north bay, parts of the peninsula, and right now into the trivalley as well as the south bay. What we can expect throughout the day is some spotty rain, some gusty winds, and a chance of thunderstorms, but ahead for the weekend its going to get even colder, and well have some of the showers continuing through at least sunday, and then, also, the heavy snow, with a blizzard warning now in effect through sunday, with near zero visibility. This possible historic weekend in the sierra, nearly a dozen feet of snow possible through sunday. I mean, thats even hard to imagine. Officials are warning everyone to just stay away. So today in the bays Cinthia Pimentel joins us with a timeline of the heaviest snow. Can you tell us what experts are warning that we could see with seasons with little to no snow soon, accelerating Climate Change . Good morning, everyone. First things first, lets start with this weekend. The storm will continue to ramp up through today and into saturday. We are under the blizzard warning through sunday morning, and thats really emphasizing on the strong winds over the ridges that could limit visibility. There is also an avalanche watch for tahoe back country until sunday night. So all of these factors combined could be lifethreatening. And as far as records, the Central Sierra Snow Lab released this graphic of the top ten snowiest days at the lab dating back to 1970s. Theyre located at about 6,900 feet. February 3rd, 1989, takes the lead, with the most recent in december of 2004. With 7 to 9 feet plus forecasted, we could be looking at one or two days being included in the snowiest days at the lab just this weekend. If we want to get that number one spot, we would have to have close to 4 1 2 feet. But even if we get past about 39 inches, that will get us into the top ten. Andrew adds that as much as we all want to see what Mother Nature can do, its just best to stay away for now. I want to transition to talk about something that we could also be looking as, devastating snow communities up there, as we deal with our climate in crisis. A future with little to no snow. Its not too far away. Winter is the fastest warming season in the u. S. And the longer it takes from us to shift away from heattrapping greenhouse gases, the more impacts it could have. They are estimating 2057 as the time when the Sierra Snowpack sees little to no snow. Not quite the long period into the future we once had. That doesnt necessarily mean that every year is going to be low to no snow, but were going to have the emergence of those years. And after that point, its going to become a lot more common. Advocates say its really important to get yourself educated on this and speak up about it, especially in the Outdoor Recreation community. Theres a lot to keep tabs on this weekend. For now, i want to send it to mike with the latest on the roads. Good morning. We have video right here behind me. Obviously im not in the snow, but this truck is. Since 3 30 in the morning its been blocking eastbound 80 at kingvale. Folks are familiar with this. There was an overturned truck yesterday morning at about 8 00 in the same area. Look at how much snow, look at all those conditions here. What were dealing with is severe conditions. Were saying dont drive through the sierra. This will continue. Were looking at the issues, closing all but one lane because of this truck across eastbound 80. Westbound, the conditions are not favorable to travel. As we look at the local conditions, were dealing with mostly wet roads, but also chp talks about the wind and flooding like on telegraph in oakland. Weve seen a couple of spinouts and a car that couldnt make the turn on the offramp at 101 at lawrence. Thanks, mike. And tracking that storm whenever you need to know whats going on, all you have to do is download our free nbc bay area app. The qr code to the left side of the screen, you can take your camera, click on that, and its going to point you to whats going on on our weather page. New developments this morning for San Franciscos largest shopping mall. The former Westfield San Francisco Centre is getting a throwback rebrand. Today in the bays Ginger Conejero saab joins us live in San Francisco this morning. Ginger, this may be the hopeful news that people really want to hear after learning this week macys is closing its union square store. Reporter hopefully were ending the week on a more positive note, right, laura . The hope is really that this rebranding for the mall and possibly the downtown area can move that area forward, what has been known as San Francisco Shopping Centre will now be known as Emporium Centre San Francisco. For those who have been in the bay area, maybe San Francisco for a long time, it may sound familiar. The name is a nod to the malls history, which opened in 1896 as the emporium. Now, the facade of that building was the only part of it that survived the 1906 earthquake, and it was seen as a symbol of courage and vigor during the citys rebuilding. New management hopes it can evoke some of that as they focus on improving security and bringing in tenants in the entertainment and culinary sectors. They want to work with existing retailers and restaurants, attract tenants, improve security, and add events with music and performances. Now, San Francisco supervisor matt dorsey, whose district includes the mall, says he thinks the citys comeback is under way, but addressing the needs to ensure Public Safety is still key. Right now San Francisco is facing an historic crisis in police understaffing. About onethird of the Police Department thats supposed to be there isnt there. Reporter now, well see some changes to the signage, to the website, and to social media in the coming weeks or months, but i did check out their instagram this morning and its already been changed to Emporium Centre San Francisco, although the handle is still San Francisco Shopping Centre or San Francisco centre. Some small changes well start to see. But the bigger changes, i think thats what people are really looking out for and really hoping that positive change can come soon. Back to you. Most definitely. When i heard that name, emporium, emporium capwell, remember those days . I dont go back to 1872, but i do go back to the 90s. We can go back to christmas on the rooftop. Exactly, fond memories. Lets hope we see a turnaround in the city. Thank you. 6 07 right now. This morning the Oakland Police commission is expected to submit the finalists for the citys next police chief to mayor sheng thao. So last night those candidates participated in a public forum virtually. The candidates taking part in last nights forum at city hall were louis molina, currently the assistant deputy mayor for Public Safety for the city of new york, former texas police chief floyd mitchell, Cincinnati Assistant Police chief, lisa davis, and former San Leandro Police chief, abdul pridgen. The commission gave each candidate a chance to describe their first 100 days as Oakland Police chief before asking more specific questions, like the type of culture they would create as police chief. Everything we do and every encounter, the way we treat people, matters. Im fair, im honest, and im just. And thats what i want my employees to do when they interact with people inside the department and outside the department. Treating our internal stakeholders with just and fundamental fairness, i believe that translates as to how we treat other folks. As chief, i will be leaning into those situations and i will be transparent. Oakland mayor sheng thao did not attend last nights forum, saying it unnecessarily put candidates at risk with their current employers, and that several potential candidates declined to apply when they found out their names would be released publicly. 6 09. And new at 6 00, the city of sonoma is taking an extra step starting tonight to keep people safe from the storm. Between tonight and monday, the city is opening its emergency warming center, depending on conditions for other Sonoma County Warming Centers may open as well. The Sonoma Center is located in the parking lot of the haven support home on 1st street and will be open from 7 00 p. M. To 7 00 a. M. Every night. Meteorologist kari hall, of course, is monitoring all the rain were expecting to get. How much are we thinking were going to get tonight . It looks like it will be fairly significant, not only just tonight, but the next several days, and its coming with cold temperatures. Hopefully we do get more shelters opening around the bay area. Were seeing the cold front dropping in and you can see the long line of clouds and rain thats being pulled in across the bay, and also looking at a couple of lightning strikes farther to the north. Were seeing waves of rain for now, but as we see this coming in throughout the weekend, it will add up on the impacts were seeing. The north bay will have the heaviest rain moving through throughout the morning and then it continues to develop for the rest of the bay area later on this afternoon into the evening. As far as how much rain we could see, the rainfall totals throughout the weekend are expected to reach anywhere from threequarters of an inch of rain in some of the lower areas in santa clara valley, up to possibly about 2 inches of rain in oakland, and over an inch of rainfall for much of the north bay. Well talk about how much sierra snow, and what were expecting here. More in the forecast. Mike is tracking lower gas prices. Were trying to find the lowest ones but we have, overall, things going up as far as price points go. We keep our reference station, hayward, r stores on hesperian boulevard still at 3. 73 and still the best in the state. Its the only bay area station on the ten best list on gasbuddy. Com. We have south bay, we have price points that continue to climb, quick stop in san jose, now at 3. 88 a gallon. And nothing is listed below 4 bucks in San Francisco county, the lowest is 4. 17 at gulf, the bottom price on mission street. On the roadways, were looking at lighter traffic, but were telling folks dont drive through the sierra. Locally we have wet roadways, windy bridge crossings, and we have some slowing that continues, light traffic overall. Recovery for the arrow on the right, still slow on west 24. Theres a disabled vehicle on the shoulder at wilder. Slowing toward carlson, i took a look at our camera, benny took a look, and he said theres nothing going on. The bay bridge toll plaza metering lights are active. Good old benny that works behind the scenes. Weve got a great crew. Governor newsom is pushing back. Coming up, a new twist in the controversy involving panera. His teams response to allegations he exempted the chain from a new state mandated wage hike. Plus, cuttingedge technology, and i do mean that literally. Stick around for that. Lets go to the futures, for the very first day of march, it looks like a mixed market. Get ready for bad bunny. Weve got everything you need to know about his weekend shows and how much you could drop if you want to get some lastminute tickets. Keep it right here. Youre watching t od you can make money the hard way as a bullfighter or a human cannonball. Or save money the easy way, with xfinity mobile. Existing customers can get a free line of our most popular unlimited plan for a year not only will you save hundreds but youll also be joining millions who have connected to americas most reliable 5g network. Sure is a lot safer than becoming a stuntman for money. Get a free line of unlimited intro for a year when you buy one unlimited line. Visit xfinitymobile. Com today to learn more. Happy friday to you. Right now at 6 15, as we take a look at our day planner for gilroy, were starting out with spotty showers and a cloudy morning, temperatures in the low 50s. We only make it to the upper 50s as the rain becomes heavier between 4 00 and 6 00 this evening. We will see this off and on throughout the weekend. Well talk about the impacts and what to expect coming up in a few minutes. Right now this is westbound 80, the commute direction. Its the one with all the headlights coming toward us. Its moving smoothly at university. At gillman, just outside of our cameras range, there may be an issue with a car that ran over a ladder. Well see how the rest of that well show you how the rest of the bay is doing. Good morning. Happy friday. Its march 1st. We wrapped up february with another overall win for the markets, that is four in a row. Nasdaq up 6 last month alone, closing at a record high. Shares in the data company snowflake fell hard, i mean look at this, after the ceo announced he was leaving. The Company Founded in san mateo, but its entire workforce is remote, so i cant really say where its located. Tesla opened up its chargers to ford owners thursday. Tesla had already gotten a deal with general motors. It means if youre a tesla owner, you may have to wait longer for a spot. But if you drive a ford, there are more places to charge and tesla makes money off of it. This being the first friday of the month, normally we would have the big jobs report today, but there are exceptions to that rule. This is one of them. Its not just the first friday of the month, its the first day of the month right now, so well get that data next week. This is fun, a San Francisco Company Called electric sheep is showing off its new robot called verdie, that edges and trims. As you can see, it has a leaf blower, it can spray for weeds because it understands the difference between a rose bush and dandelion. Its creator says it will help humans. Outdoor Service Industry is a Huge Industry and its heavily labor constrained. So you cant find enough people to do the work and landscapers are struggling. So automation is much needed in the industry. The Company Electric sheep, named after that short story that became blade runner which this guy is a blade runner. Hes got a little blade out there. Doing its thing. Is it like a weed whacker . How adorable is that . I think if he had Artificial Intelligence, he would probably start up the minute you had a nap. How much would it cost . Theyre going to rent them to lawn companies. So it is basically robots as a service. This would be something you would look up, if you had a gardening company. They could put that out. Apparently staffing is a real issue. Theres not enough people. Thankful for them. 6 18 right now. Governor newsom this morning is pushing back against the rising criticism surrounding his cozy ties with billionaire panera franchise owner. This comes in the wake of a bloomberg record on a minimum wage hike coming in april when wages will reach 20. The law includes an exemption for chains that bake or sell their own bread and panera is led by greg flynn, a longtime newsom donor. Now the newsom camp is calling that report absurd, saying that panera doesnt even receive the exemption. Panera did not issue a response. The warriors trying to continue their role on the road when they take on toronto tonight. Last night in Madison Square garden they got off to a fast start versus the knicks, but things tightened up in the fourth quarter, steph curry hit another gear and scored 31 points. They went on to win 11099. Theyve won 12 of their last 15 games. Happening tonight, puerto rican mega star bad bunny in the bay area. Hes performing backtoback shows at chase center in San Francisco. Dont you just love a song that you dont know what theyre saying . Thats me with this song. The shows are tonight and saturday night. His tour is called the most wanted tour. Tickets are Still Available if youre looking. We actually looked at the cheapest tickets on ticketmaster and they are 165. So this is the thing, i do this all the time when it comes to tours. You have to go by yourself. Me and my friends want to sit together. One ticket, you look a few hours before. Typically theres one sitting here, i always get floor tickets at pretty market value. Ive been to the movies by myself, restaurants, but ive never been to a concert. I did a concert, i sat tenth row back and i was sitting by myself. You are vip. Marcus washington. Roll out the red carpet. Everybody does this, could you sit down a little bit . Ive had that happen before. What do you want me to do . Im not switching with you. Exactly. You want to sit behind me. Very true. Were looking for things to do inside this weekend, concerts, movies, all of that stuff. Its going to be raining off and on. And were going to see these waves of showers coming through. Its a cloudy start as we take a live look at walnut creek this morning. And at times were seeing the rain coming through, but as we take a look at the regional view of whats happening, we have the line of the clouds, the cold front dipping in, and you can see the thunderstorms that weve seen, a couple of lightning strikes farther to the north. We will have that chance today of some thunderstorms as well. As we get a closer look with stormranger, our mobile doppler radar, we can see the spotty showers moving through, and as of now its not that heavy. But we are going to continue to see this impacting your drive, and just going about your daily activities today as we get a closer look at the Discovery Bay area, livermore seeing a wave of showers. Overall were getting some breaks. As we take a look at San Francisco, lets talk about what to expect here. Its going to be stormy throughout the weekend, off and on showers, and that continues through sunday. At times our winds may gust as well with some of the heavier downpours moving through. We could see gusts 25 to 50 Miles Per Hour, and some of our valleys, some of our north bay valleys, about 1 to 2 inches of rainfall possible. For the coast and the hills and half moon bay, as well as the Santa Cruz Mountains and some of our north bay mountains, about 4 to 5 inches of rain in total. And then we end the weekend with a little bit of some light snow, capping spots like mount diablo and mount hamilton, parts of our north bay mountains, while the sierra is getting heavy snow. Were going to see the rain moving through through about noon, but there will be some breaks in the activity. And it looks like it picks up later this evening when you see the oranges and reds. Thats some heavy rain and thats going to just move through in waves all weekend long. So theres really not a big break here. And we could once again see some decent rainfall totals, about 1 to 2 inches of rain for most of us, and the active storm pattern continues through next week w heavy sierra snow and only a break on monday, before the next storm systems comes in on tuesday, into wednesday. We talk about on this first day of march, youve heard the saying, march, in like a lion, out like a lamb. It actually began with leo, the lion, the constellation, and aries, and we saw that eventually over time evolve into weather lore in the northern mem hemisphere. If its a rough start to march, the saying is it will ease up and be a nice ending to the month. As we look at our models, it shows more and more blasts of cold air through at least midmarch. Its going to be cold and at times stormy as were seeing now with our temperatures in the upper 30s, low 40s, and highs in the 50s. Mike, you continue to warn about slick roads. The Traffic Volume is a lamb right now, but dont hit the roads like a lion. Someone took this offramp at north 101 at lawrence a little too quickly. Didnt make that turn. Theres still activity there. Use fair oaks if that offramp is not open. Slick roads around the bay, but remember, niles canyon is still oneway Traffic Control. May be closed down over the course of the next few storms. Thank you. Well, putting an end to when Peter Dickson led my platoon into combat well, putting an end to season in afghanistan, he cared about two things completing the mission, and making sure his marines came home. And we all did. Petes always fought for what he believes in, and i know hell do the same in congress for affordable housing, the rights of women, and the democracy he swore to protect. Because helping people who need it has always been petes mission. And i know hell get it done. Next Generation Veteran Fund is responsible for the content of this ad. What do i see in peter dixon . Next Generation Veteran Fund i see my husband. The father of our girls. I see a public servant. A man who served under secretary clinton in the state department. Where he took on the epidemic of violence against women in the congo. I see a fighter, a tenacious problemsolver. Who will go to congress and protect abortion rights and our democracy. Because he sees a Better Future for all of us. Im peter dixon and i approved this message. Welcome back. 6 26 this morning. New technology is helping give bay area crabbers new hope future seasons will not be hit with such lengthy delays. In recent years, delays have been actually a fact of life for dungeness crab season. The reason, concerns about endangering migrating whales getting trapped in the netting. Now the states Ocean Protection Council is authorizing new funding for ropeless fishing gear unique to crabbing that pops up from the ocean floor when fishermen tend to trap the crabs. It also removes the vertical fishing lines that actually span hundreds of feet and often lead to potential entanglements for whales and sea turtles. Ahead, the search for a possible arsonist after a fire possible arsonist after a fire breaks out at a val thousands of women with Metastatic Breast Cancer are living in the moment and taking ibrance. 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And its only beginning. We are tracking blizzard conditions. We have Live Team Coverage on what you need to know, including risks on the roadways all weekend long. Here in silicon valley, elon musk is suing a company he helped create. This is today in the bay. Good friday morning to yo 6 30 right now. Im laura garcia. Im marcus washington. We want to get to the powerful storm a lievg. Our thom jensen is live with a warning for bay area residents hoping to hit the slopes. Lets head over to meteorologist kari hall, leading our coverage this morning. How is it looking in the sierra right now . Well, we are seeing showers and also the snow coming down in the sierra. As we get a look at this big view of the storm system coming in, and weve seen lightning strikes to our north as we get a closer look with storm ranger, our mobile doppler radar, for the bay area its off and on light rain. We are expecting the intensity to pick up. As we take a look at our weekend forecast, we are going to see at times some gusty winds, and a chance of thunderstorms, and then looking ahead, we are also looking at more of the colder temperatures. That will continue into next week. For the sierra, a blizzard warning in effect through sunday, and that means zero visibility, extremely high winds, and heavy snow coming down. In fact, some of our models are putting down feet of snow, and the biggest snowstorm weve had definitely this year, but it may be the strongest one weve had in years as we get all of this coming over a short period of time. So we want to continue to follow this. Ill send it over to you, laura, and marcus for more on whats expected in the sierra. Our Team Coverage continues this morning with today in the bays thom jensen. The storm causing extremely dangerous driving conditions in the sierra right now. And it is only expected to get worse through the weekend, as this snow is stacking up by feet, not inches, thom. Reporter good morning. It certainly is. Ive heard estimations of 10 to 12 feet over the weekend, unbelievable amounts of snow. As kari was talking about, the winds. Lots of travel restrictions, travel warnings about driving in the sierra along 80. Its pretty mild where we are right now, but we have brand new video this morning up on 80 in the sierra. You can see the conditions are already starting to get pretty bad. But the snow is going to come down a lot heavier than youre seeing even this morning. Highway patrol and transportation officials are warning people not to travel in the sierra, as you heard just a few minutes ago. Its more than just traction concerns, blizzards are expected, like kari was talking about, and reduced visibility is expected to be considerable as the wind gusts could reach 100 Miles Per Hour on the ridge tops. We talked about bay area residents who are heeding the warnings and staying home, even canceling trips they had already planned. I went last weekend and it was great, and i was thinking about going again this weekend. But we decided to not go. Im super bummed, but its definitely not worth it to me. Reporter some destinations are planning to close, sierraattahoe tweeted it was closing at noon and will remain closed and palisades tahoe said the alpine side will close today and theyll decide whether the palisades side will open or remain closed. With the winds and snow stacking up, avalanche danger is also a major concern, so lots of reasons for people to stay home and maybe just weather the storms here. The rain is supposed to intensify. The Silver Lining from this, guys, at least the snowpack is building up. We were below average before, after this storm comes through, expected to be at 100 snowpack in the sierra. So some Silver Lining at least. There we go. Glass half full. Weve got to look for it. Maybe some spring break skiing in april. Thank you, thom. And not only the sierra, but yosemite is bracing for a major winter storm. Yesterday rangers urged all visitors to leave as soon as possible. The National Park closed because of heavy snow and strong winds in the forecast. This was the view earlier from the parks high sierra webcam. The park will be closed through at least sunday. The popular badger pass is expected to get dumped with more than 7 feet of snow. Dont forget, you can track the storm while youre on the go by downloading our free nbc bay area app. Just point your phone to the qr code on your screen. It will take you straight to our weather radar. A followup on a recent fire at a vallejo target store. Police are searching for a person of interest. This happened on saturday afternoon. No one was injured, but authorities now say it was caused or at least caused 3 million in damage. Investigators are now hoping to speak with this man you see on your screen, who was caught on surveillance, the image was caught on surveillance cameras. If you know who this is, youre asked to contact vallejo police. Elon musk is suing one of the companies hes actually invested in. Scott mcgrew, musk not happy with the way openai does business. Thats right. He really doesnt want openai doing business at all. It was set up, after all, as a nonprofit. But musk says a lot has changed since he first put his money in. In a lawsuit filed last night, musk says hes unhappy with openais multibillion dollar exclusive deal with microsoft, and he doesnt like the board put together recently after a shakeup, and he said the whole idea of openai was to create a Transparent Organization that helped humanity, not a private company that helps microsoft. Thats not the only worry about openai. The company introduced Artificial Intelligence that can make video out of anything you type a couple weeks ago. If you type, show me a woman walking in the rain in tokyo, it will. We showed this to you a couple weeks ago. Remember, everything youre seeing on your screen right now is entirely made by computer. That has election watchdogs this morning exceptionally worried, because anybody can create anything, but its fake. The Group Public Citizen calling for openai to suspend its video system until after the election. You are specifically saying, hold off on texttovideo, releasing it to the public, until after the election . Thats right. I mean, i think one of the problems and one of the reasons we all are nervous about generative ai is that its been kind of an arms race. Companies are flooding the zone, putting out technology as soon as its ready and not really thinking through all the ramifications. Were going to talk more about openais effect on the Upcoming Elections and a lot more about elon musk as well this sunday morning at 9 00 a. M. On press here right after meet the press on nbc bay area. 6 37. Lets take a live look in San Francisco. The city by the bay. Clear at least in that shot. Kind of soggy days ahead for us. Lets take a look at the weekend forecast with kari. We are going to continue to see this storm system impacting our weekend plans, whether youre in San Francisco or traveling across the region. We are going to continue to see the waves of rain coming in, and so were kind of looking for some indoor things to do. We have the san jose Lunar New Year celebration at history park in san jose, and although some of it will be outside and hopefully well have some breaks to enjoy it, there also will be indoor activities as well. The temperatures only make it into the low 50s tomorrow. If youre thinking of riding down the Pacific Coast highway and enjoying some of the views there, its going to be kind of hard to see because we are going to see the waves of rain coming in. Look at the temperature tomorrow, the high of only 49 degrees. But there may be some more breaks on sunday. If you are going to be anywhere near the coastline, there is a High Surf Advisory in effect. Were already seeing waves up to about 13 feet farther to the north. And we could see them getting as high as some of the breakers up to 20 feet as the storm system pushes some of those swells onshore. That creates some very dangerous conditions. If youre heading down to paso robles, enjoying some of the vineyards, its going to be raining off and on, temperatures in the upper 50s today. Cool on saturday as the rain continues, but there may be some breaks on sunday, with highs in the mid50s, and even l. A. Will get in on some of the wet weather starting late this evening, and then rain throughout the day tomorrow with a high of 58. It looks like it does clear out as youre heading back to the bay area. Mike, youre thinking about some of the roads ahead of you. Were looking at wet roads and the changing conditions kari has been talking about. Lower those speeds and dont travel as much as you might tend to if youre just sort of zipping around town. Watch that forecast, check our app. Over here we have green showing where the roadways are at least damp and probably wet and those conditions will continue to change with the waves of rain coming in that kari has been talking about. Highway 84 is open through niles canyon, oneway Traffic Control because of the damage last week. With more rain coming through, well watch the conditions. You might consider mission boulevard and 680 as your option around the area. Looking ahead to indoor entertainment, s. A. P. Center, a comedy jam that starts at 7 00, so there will be a crowd. If the rain comes in, watch those crosswalks. Same thing at the arena, nicki minaj has a concert, so watch the offramps near the arena. Frightening moments for a global superstar that happened after her plane book off from southern california. Ahead, the midair scare that forced an Emergency Landing. And as the race for president heats up on this side of the border, a bay area when Peter Dickson led my platoon into combat of the border, a bay area graduate hopes to become in afghanistan, he cared about two things completing the mission, and making sure his marines came home. And we all did. Petes always fought for what he believes in, and i know hell do the same in congress for affordable housing, the rights of women, and the democracy he swore to protect. Because helping people who need it has always been petes mission. And i know hell get it done. Next Generation Veteran Fund is responsible for the content of this ad. What do i see in peter dixon . Next Generation Veteran Fund i see my husband. The father of our girls. I see a public servant. A man who served under secretary clinton in the state department. Where he took on the epidemic of violence against women in the congo. I see a fighter, a tenacious problemsolver. Who will go to congress and protect abortion rights and our democracy. Because he sees a Better Future for all of us. Im peter dixon and i approved this message. Good friday morning. Right now at 6 43, we take a live look outside at the clouds over san jose. Were going to continue to see a cloudy morning, and at times waves of rain coming through. The rain for the south bay will be very light at times, kind of off and on. Were watching other parts of the bay area for the bigger impact and what to expect as we head throughout the weekend. More on that coming up in a few minutes. I think we have more clouds than crowds. The bay bridge, the biggest backup weve seen all morning. Were about mid parking lot. The volume of traffic, well show you issues coming up. 6 44 right now. Scary moments for grammy winning pop star carole g and her team. We have video of her private jet making an Emergency Landing last night in southern california. It had just taken off from hollywoodburbank airport, but suddenly turned around when the pilot reported smoke in the cockpit. 16 people were onboard, but no one was injured. The cause of the maljunction is not yet known. New at 6 00, two candidates, including one with bay area ties, vying to become mexicos first woman president. Campaigning window officially opened at the stroke of midnight for the june 2nd election, and Claudia Sheinbaum is far and away leading the candidates to replace outgoing president lopez obrador. Hes a renowned engineer who received her doctorate at berkeley. Shes up against leader galvez. A tense political environment is expected to overshadow the race. Both President Biden and former President Trump were in texas on thursday. Far from the fires, they were dealing with the problem at the border. A whole different problem. Good morning, to you. We had sort of a split screen chance to see how the two men, both with experience in the white house, approached the exact same problem in almost the exact same place. Split screen opportunity, theres your split screen. Trump in eagle pass, texas, President Biden in brownsville. President trump talked about murderers and military age men and criticized biden. This is a biden invasion over the past three years. I call him crooked joe because hes crooked, hes a terrible president. The worst president our country has ever had, probably the most incompetent president. President biden, meantime, pointed out that republicans had a plan, a border bill that one of their members helped write, the strongest in decades, that would have given president s actual legal power to close the border. Senate republicans helped pass that bill with a yes vote in the senate, but House Republicans refused to bring the bill to a vote in the house. Here is what i would say to mr. Trump, set a plan issue, and instead of telling members of congress to block the legislation, join me or ill join you, in telling the congress to pass this bipartisan Border Security bill. We can do it together. You know and i know its the toughest, most efficient, most effective Border Security bill this country has ever seen. Now, congress has not accomplished a lot recently, but they did keep the government open, passing yet another continuing resolution to keep the government funded past midnight tonight. So that means the new deadline is next week. A fair amount going on in the legal world. In florida, the judge in the Trump Classified documents case will hold a hearing to determine a date to start that trial. Theres a hearing in georgia as well over whether Prosecutor Fani Willis should remain in her role prosecuting trump and others over a plan to overthrow georgias election. A witness seen here that everyone expected to deliver rock solid evidence showing that she had an inappropriate relationship with a fellow prosecutor did not deliver that evidence, hemming and hawing about the timeline. Now, legal insiders say they would not be surprised if the judge in the case allows willis to remain on the job prosecuting the case, but the case itself may be permanently damaged. Remember, back when willis case was seen so much stronger, she got several Trump Associates to plead guilty without trial. It seems less likely shell get more guilty pleas any time in the future. Interesting. Thank you very much, scott. 6 48 right now. A new study shows a promising way to treat Ovarian Cancer with less impact to the rest of the body. Scientists at Cornell University and Sloan Kettering institute used Nuclear Medicine to target metastatic Ovarian Cancer in mice by attaching radiation to specific molecules. Treatment was targeted specifically to cancer cells. At the end of the trial, 83 were still alive, compared with 30 of mice not receiving the nuclear treatment. One expert says nuclear treatments are already used for prostate and thyroid cancers, which are effective with fewer side effects. A significant difference in ability to survive the cancer, when you do targeted specific treatment of Nuclear Medicine, like in this case. In the u. S. , one out of every 87 women will develop Ovarian Cancer in her lifetime, more than half of the diagnoses are women over 63. The death rate has decreased by 40 since the 1970s due to improved treatments and fewer cases. 6 49 right now. Trending this morning, one of the most talked about actresses in hollywood right now is hosting saturday night live this weekend. I have never, ever been happier. Many of you know who she is. Were talking about sydney sweeney, best known for her role on euphoria, but most recently taking her talents to the big screen in the role of madame web. Tomorrow night shes hosting snl, alongside musical guest kacey musgraves. And shes never, ever been happier. I hope she brings the laughs and not just the drama. Im sure she will. Bringing the rain, bringing the umbrella everywhere these days. Bringing the snow. Weve been talking about how big of a snowstorm this is going to be for the sierra. I wanted to give you a look at our palisades camera. Thats the only way youll be able to see the center. You cant even see the mountains in the background. Theyve Just Announced at palisades and Alpine Meadows theyre closed. Were seeing really heavy snow continuing that will continue to move through throughout the weekend. Were seeing a steady stream of moisture. Were going to have much colder temperatures as we go into the weekend, and were going to see the showers passing by with some breaks here and there. But were getting a bit of a break right now in San Francisco. Lets talk about what were expecting throughout the weekend. Its going to be raining at times through sunday, some of our wind gusts could pick up 25 to 50 Miles Per Hour, and some of our valleys like the trivalley, santa clara valley, some of our north bay valleys, its most likely looking about 1 to 2 inches of rainfall throughout the weekend. The coastal areas and our hills will see rainfall totals at 4 to 5 inches, and then by saturday evening into sunday, as the Colder Weather continues to descend into the bay area, we could see elevations at about 1,000 to 2,000 feet getting a light coating of snow. The sierra, 8 plus feet of snow throughout the weekend. Were not going to see as much of a big impact here as the rain does give us some breaks. But it does look like it picks up in intensity later this evening, with a lot of oranges and yellows, and thats where we could also see some thunderstorms moving through late this evening and off and on throughout the day tomorrow as well as sunday, as we continue to see not many breaks here, a lot of waves of rain coming in. And then looking at the Bigger Picture and whats ahead, it still shows the storm system impacting our region through at least early on sunday, and then theres still a chance of rain for the north bay on monday, and then another cold front moving through with heavier rainfall between tuesday and wednesday. On this first day of march, we talk about the old saying, march in like a lion, out like a lamb, and we know with this big storm system coming in, its definitely coming in like a lion. It soms from a proverb from the constellations leo, a lion, and aries, a ram or lamb. Eventually it evolved into weather lore for the northern hemisphere. Its such a transitional month where we have extreme weather, and hopefully now that were seeing it come in like a lion, the end will be like a lamb. It does show a lot of cold air continuing to blast into the bay area through at least the middle of march. And so our temperatures are remaining chilly, were seeing these storm systems coming in. It looks like that continues for quite a while. So of course were going to keep you updated day by day as we see these changes happening every few minutes. Mike, what are you seeing on the roads . Kari, were actually seeing i80 not looking so bad. Easier flow through berkeley. Of course, i80 through the sierra, we have chain controls on. We were saying dont drive there because theres a potential for whiteout continues. Crashes, weve seen two already that shut down 80 over yesterday and today. Kingvale is a problem. Locally, the wet roads are the issue. Slowing through berkeley. Light traffic through the rest of the Contra Costa County drive. Highway 4 and 37 starting to show slowing, a typical pattern for a friday. Vasco road now only at 20 minutes and the rest of the bay. Just watch those slicker roads. Back to you. 6 53 right now. And happening now, another candidate may be ready to throw his hat into the ring in the race for San Francisco mayor. Several Media Outlets are reporting supervisor president aaron peskin intends to run. A recent chronicle poll found mayor breed is trailing in her reelection bid. The ranked choice vote happens in november. Candidates have until june 11th to declare. Up next, the top stories were following, including the blizzard conditions in the sierra. Not only is driving treacherous, but were just learning about a new round of ski resort closures. Were going to break that down when we come back. Plus, new old name for San Franciscos westfield shopping center. Ahead on today in the bay, how the mall hopes to conjure up fond memories for shoppers and hopeful news democrats agree. Conservative republican steve garvey is the wrong choice for the senate. Our republican opponent here on this stage has voted for donald trump twice. Mr. Garvey, you voted for him twice. As your own man, what is your decision . Garvey is wrong for california. But garveys surging in the polls. Fox news says garvey would be a boost to republican control of the senate. Stop garvey. Adam schiff for senate. Im adam schiff, and i approve this message. Welcome back. We are moving you forward with a look at our top stories here on today in the bay, including a massive snowstorm now in the sierra. Conditions are already bad and it is expected to get worse. Weve got brand new video on interstate 80 this morning heading to the sierra. Drivers are being told to avoid the roads through the weekend, as the snowfall continues and those winds are strengthening. Were just learning about more closures at ski resorts. Palisades tahoe and Alpine Meadows completely closed today. Wind in some places could reach 100 Miles Per Hour. Elon musk launching a new lawsuit against one of the companies he helped create. Openai, musk claims, it was designed to be open and transparent and avoid private deals with Companies Like microsoft. Musk alleging breach of contract here and hes calling for the change in Company Leadership as well as structural overhaul. Openai and microsoft have not yet issued a response. San franciscos biggest mall is getting a throwback rebrand. Whats been known as westfield San Francisco Shopping Centre will now be Emporium Centre San Francisco. The name is a nod to when it opened in 1896 as the emporium. New management says its focusing on improving security and adding events with music and performances. Westfield announced plans to pull out of its downtown San Francisco location in june of last year, citing significant decreases in sales, traffic and occupancy. Lets get another look at that forecast, what we can expect today. A lot of rain. Rain off and on today, and i always say we see rainbows, too. Youve got to look for them. Were going to have a mixed bag of weather, watching for a chance of thunderstorms. You can track the storms throughout the day with your smart device, download the nbc bay area app and youll be able to zoom in on your location and see whats happening there. A pot of gold. Look how light it is here. I think a lot of folks are heeding the warning about weather. Its 80 through the sierra. Across the bay is all right right now, damp roadways. No major issues. Youve seen karis forecast and youve heard the warnings. Be prepared for inclement weather. We continue to roku and other streaming platforms. You can catch our 7 00 a. M. Newscast next and see it online at nbcbayarea. Com, or take your smartphone app. Were going to leave you this friday morning with a look at the sierra. We cant be there, but we can be there through pictures. This is 80 at donner summit. Look at the snowplows already hard at work. One of the hig good friday morning to you. Were following breaking news out of russia. Yeah, tensions high as crowds gather at the funeral of Vladimir Putins most vocal critic. It is march 1st. This is today. Laid to rest. Family, friends and more than a th